Master defeated the leaders: SC Magdeburg has stopped the MT Melsungen triumphal march.
The team of coach Bennet Wiegert prevailed against the leader from Hessen in the top game with 29:28 (16:13). Despite the first bankruptcy after seven victories in a row, the Melsungers continue to throne at the top of the handball Bundesliga.
With nine goals, Matthias Musche, as the most successful thrower in the Wiegert team, played a large part in the Magdeburg revenge, and the champion had lost the first leg in November with 23:31. With 23: 9 points, Magdeburg, who played three games less than Melsungen, pushed himself up in sixth place. The MT continues with 32: 6 points.
Berlin fails in Lemgo
Shortly afterwards, the great opportunity to benefit from Melsungen’s defeat was the direct pursuer: Foxes Berlin did not get past 25:25 (12:12) at TBV Lemgo Lippe. The best Berlin launchers were Mathias Gidsel with nine and Fabian Wiede with four goals. The foxes got better into the game, especially defensively stood very well. Keeper Dejan Milosavljev also kept two seven meters. After a good seven minutes, the guests were already 4: 1 in the lead.
But afterwards Lemgo found better solutions with extremely long attacks and the technical errors and misses were piled up among Berliners – the TBV was back at eye level at 11:11. Nine minutes before the end, the foxes were back 23:20 after a 4-0 run – but that was also playful. Ultimately, the foxes had to be happy about the point because Lemgo awarded the last litter.
Compulsory victories for TSV Hannover-Burgdorf and Rhein-Neckar Löwen
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf and the Rhein-Neckar Löwen had already ended up with compulsory victories against two relegation candidates on Thursday. Hanover had a long time at TVB Stuttgart, but in the end clearly won 35:27 (18:13). Renars uscins played outstandingly: the international scored 14 goals.
First Hanover lead after 18 minutes
Hanover struggled in Stuttgart over long distances. It was only after 18 minutes that district runner Thomas Solstad achieved the first tour for TSV with the 10: 9. With an unfocused start in half two, Christian Prokop’s team let the Stuttgart team come back for one goal after an interim six-goal tour. Uscins and an efficient final phase were still enough for the fixed victory.
Lions dominant right from the start
The lions appeared significantly more dominant right from the start and climbed promoted SG BBM Bietigheim 36:30 (20:13). A 4-0 run at the start set the route. As a result, there were never doubts about the favorite victory. In the end, eleven different scorers were on the scoreboard near Rhein-Neckar, but nobody scored more than five.